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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie's only skills include _______________________________________.
(a) Making candy, playing piano minimally, and reciting poetry.
(b) Making medicine, nursing others, and household chores.
(c) Book-keeping and clerical work.
(d) Making dresses and singing.

2. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The motif of light.
(b) The motif of color.
(c) The motif of water.
(d) The motif of darkness.

3. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.
(a) She is a nuisance in the Frome's home.
(b) She has threatened to leave the Fromes many times, and they wish to keep her happy.
(c) She has frequently complained of missing her old life of leisure and revelry.
(d) She is an unpaid aid in the Frome's home, and might be unhappy otherwise.

4. Ethan claims he needs to collect money from Mr. Hale because ____________________________________.
(a) He needs an excuse to visit Mr. Hale.
(b) He needs an excuse to avoid driving Zeena to the Flats.
(c) He needs an excuse to buy Mattie a gift.
(d) He needs an excuse to get Jotham Powell out of the house.

5. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She will never find love in Starkfield.
(b) She is growing old.
(c) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.
(d) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.

2. Ethan recognizes Mattie by her _________________________.

3. Wharton compares Mattie's hair to "a drift of mist on the moon," which suggests ___________________________.

4. When Ethan arrives, he ____________________________.

5. Ethan is please to find that ______________________________.

(see the answer key)

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